The ability to dig correctly can help the summer resident or the farmer to preserve a lot of time, forces and nerves. Special attention is recommended to be paid not only to the process of digging, but also the choice of the tool.
First of all it is necessary to choose suitable shovel, gloves and footwear. The shovel has to be with rather long for you, smooth, strong and convenient shank. If shank uneven, badly polished, too short or too long, you risk to spend too much time and forces on redigging of the site and to bring hands. Gloves have to be convenient, but not too hot. Their basic purpose is to protect your hands, but not to prevent to use shovel, consider it. As for footwear, it is necessary to use boots with very strong sole. It will allow to press easily shovel, without feeling at the same time pains and to dig quickly and effectively.
It was easier to dig, the bayonet of shovel has to be sharply ground. It allows to make less efforts and to achieve big results. Pick up shovel, vypryamtes, put leg on tray of shovel and press. As a rule, it is more convenient to right-handed persons to press the right leg, and to lefthanders – left. If desired you can try both options and choose more suitable. It is necessary to stick bayonet into the earth or on full depth, or half depending on that how deep has to be vskopka.
Ideally, the bayonet has to be strictly perpendicular to the earth as at its slanting position you will not manage to dig up the site rather deeply. Having stuck shovel bayonet into the earth, slightly recede and hands with effort press shank, using it as if the lever. The layer of the earth which has appeared before shovel bayonet will move. Having lifted shovel, you can or pour out the earth back if you dig over the site, or to throw off it aside if you dig out hole. In the first case it is recommended to stick in addition several times shovel bayonet into the dug-over earth to break large pieces and to make layer more friable. Dig not too slowly, but also not too quickly. Try to find rhythm of movements, convenient for you, then you will be able to perform work with optimum expenses of time and forces.